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Description: | Specimen of a fossil trilobite, Dalmanites myops Konig, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Early Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from Wren's Nest, Dudley, West Midlands (Midland England).
This is the fossilised head (cephalon) of a trilobite. The well developed eyes suggest that this trilobite had good vision to enable it to detect food and also to evade predators. Trilobites had jointed skeletons which were regularly shed as the animal grew. The jointed nature of the skeleton meant that trilobites usually fell to pieces after they died. Complete fossils are therefore rare. Trilobites lived on the seabed and probably scavenged for food.
The specimen was found in West Midlands.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Trilobita Arthropoda | Temporal: | Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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